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Câu chuyện về Betty Nguyễn - Xướng Ngôn Viên Việt đầu tiên của đài truyền hình CNN . Trước đây Betty hay đọc tin tức trên đài 11 truyền hình tại vùng Dallas- Fort Worth , Texas
CNN''''s first Vietnamese voice: on the air and on the record
It?Ts been an intense year for news, and Betty Nguyen, CNN?Ts first Vietnamese American anchor, has been intensely working to deliver that news.
Tune in, and you?Tll see the woman who began appearing on the network in the spring, who seems to look directly at the viewers, her voice crisp, touched with warmth.
She doesn?Tt stumble. She reaches out, sharing.
Immediately, audiences started to notice.
?oI saw that there was this person who was very straightforward, with a lot of necessary information about things that I care about,? said Mark Hoang, a business analyst and a fan from Los Angeles. ?oShe has chemistry.?
He and his buddies now follow Nguyen?Ts broadcast, as early as 5 a.m. Pacific time.
?oI like the fact that there?Ts a familiar face, a Vietnamese face,? says Karen Lai, a college student from Denver. ?oI get up, I see her, finishing my homework, then continue with my classes, knowing a bit about what?Ts happening in the world.?
In 2004, viewers from across the United States watched as Nguyen anchored portions of CNN?Ts coverage of the handover of sovereignty to Iraq in June. Through the summer months, she continued monitoring events and issues, contributing to extensive footage of Florida hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan.
Nguyen is based in Atlanta, but before moving to Georgia, she worked at numerous television stations in Texas, including KTVT in Dallas, a six-year tenure that found her tracking breaking news from the Columbia space shuttle disaster to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
She started her career as a morning anchor and reporter at KWTX in Waco, a CBS affiliate, where she received many awards, among them a regional Emmy for ?oOutstanding Noon Newscast.?
Nguyen, raised in the Lone Star State, was on the trail during California?Ts 2003 madcap gubernatorial race ?" which got all of the Golden State talking ?" serving as a freelance correspondent for E! Entertainment Television.
Through her travels, she has not forgotten her roots, co-founding with her mother a nonprofit called Help the Hungry, which aids global hunger while providing humanitarian relief to the needy. Supporters return to Vietnam each year to bring medicine and supplies, visiting villages, learning and researching. Nguyen?Ts volunteer work earned her a spot in the Philanthropy in Texas Hall of Fame.
What keeps her going? What motivates her?
Nguoi Viet 2 caught up with the journalist during a rare break:
NV2: When did you first appear on air on CNN?
Nguyen: It was a weekend program. May 1, 2004. It was one of those moments I?Tll always have on tape and I?Tll always remember.
NV2: Had you aspired to get there?
Nguyen: You always want to be a network anchor because that?Ts the top tier. Did I specifically set out to be a CNN anchor? No, not necessarily. I wanted to be a good journalist, to tell stories. I know a lot of people say that, but I really mean it. I wanted to make a difference.
NV2: What exactly led you to journalism?
Nguyen: I always thought I would be a lawyer. Being Asian American, you drift to that ?" something that is a wonderful career and something of prestige. I tried working in an attorney?Ts office in Arlington and I did not have a passion for it. I thought back and remembered that I really loved debate in high school, loved to write. And you know what, I went to the University of Texas and never looked back.
NV2: What about your parents?T reaction to your career choice?
Nguyen: My family was so excited that I was going to become an attorney. I remember going to them and telling them that ?~I?Tm going to become a journalist,?T and they said, ?~You?Tre going to be what??T
They were skeptical... You don?Tt make much money at all, they thought, but I said: ?~I?Tve got to give it a go. Hopefully, it will work out.?T
NV2: And how have you changed as a journalist with each stint?
Nguyen: I think in every new stage of your life, no matter how large or small that step may be, you grow with experience, and the people around you.
NV2: What?Ts been your favorite story, out of all the stories you?Tve covered?
Nguyen: One of my favorites was about a little boy who needed cornea implants. He was going blind. And because of that story, a doctor in Dallas did the procedure. For free. I was just very proud of that.
NV2: How about your stories from Vietnam?
Nguyen: Well, the first time I went back, it had nothing to do with being a journalist. I left in 1975, I was just a child... I got to see where I was born.
In succeeding times, (reporting on the deadly flooding along the Mekong Delta), what touched me was theh fact that entire families were literally trapped inside their huts in waist-deep waters. Here in the U.S. there are organizations that can come and take you out by boat. In Vietnam because of the poverty, because of the lack of help, it?Ts helpless. And these are human beings. These are people who have dreams and hopes and children who they want a better life for.
When I looked in the faces of people struggling, I thought that could have been me, had I not been able to come to America.
NV2: How do you get sources to open up who don?Tt like to talk to reporters?
Nguyen: Having to talk to a family who has just lost someone, for example, I think that this was a person with a life, and all I want to do is try to honor that as best as possible. Get a real face behind the name.
NV2: Do you have a strategy for being in front of the camera?
Nguyen: I would like to think that I?Tm a good storyteller, getting information from people who have wonderful stories to tell.
NV2: How does being Vietnamese add to the dimension of your stories?
Nguyen: I like to think that while I?Tm a journalist, I?Tm a human, too. And I feel that with the loss of lives ?" with the tornadoes that hit the DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex), with the shuttle disaster, with a church shooting ?" there was one that was the worst in Texas history. I was one of the first reporters on the scene, and seeing the mass chaos, families scrambling to find their relatives. You don?Tt forget that.
I have faith in God, and that helps me a lot. That gives me the ?~get up and go?T despite the tragedy. There are stories that have a good ending, that make you smile. They can (also) make you cry a little, but it?Ts not all bad news.
NV2: Getting back to Vietnam, tell us about your charity.
Nguyen: Help the Hungry is really a labor of love. My mother has always reminded me of where we come from, and we have a personal connection. We have family there.
I can?Tt really take full cre*** for it. This is something that my mom really wanted. With the blessing that we have in our lives, this is our way of sharing it.
I know that Vietnamese, when they go back to Vietnam, they personally pack items to bring. Instead of doing it on a personal level, we figured if we have more people joining us, we could do better.
It?Ts essential.

Profile: Betty Nguyen
Born: Saigon Residence: Atlanta Education: Graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor?Ts degree in broadcast journalism.
Honors: Associated Press Award for spot news coverage at KWTX in Waco, Texas; ?oLegacy of Women Award? and ?oGreat Women of Texas? for her volunteer work; and regional Emmy Award for ?oOutstanding Noon Newscast? at KTVT in Dallas.
What she likes best about her journalism job: ?oThe fact that I get to meet the most incredible people. I get to hear their stories and there?Ts real honor in telling their stories. There?Ts responsibility, too.?
Number of times she has traveled to Vietnam to work and to visit family: four
Favorite book: ?oThe Fountainhead? by Ayn Rand
Được Lucky_meo sửa chữa / chuyển vào 10:17 ngày 23/02/2005

Người Việt chắc toàn làm nail, mà nhiều người không biết là có hoá chất làm hại phổi, cứ cong lưng mà làm suốt đời.

Người Việt tại San Jose:
Bác sỉ: 416
Luật sư: 456
Kỷ sư: too many
Doan nghiệp người VN: 5000+
Source: SJ Mercury News

thế theo bác thì làm gì bây h ??
thế hệ VN 1, fần lớn 30 40 tuổi vượt biên sang MY
fần lớn là ko học tiếp đưọc
có nghề làm nail là may

"Người Việt chắc toàn làm nail, mà nhiều người không biết là có hoá chất làm hại phổi, cứ cong lưng mà làm suốt đời."
Anh không đứng về một phía nào cả trong message này nhưng là một người "khách quan" đọc anh thấy câu này mang tính "provocation" thể hiện nhiều nhất bằng "mà cứ cong lưng". Trong room này anh không đồng ý cho sự tồn tại những message có khả năng tạo ra tranh chấp / đả kích / miệt thị / khích bác cá nhân bất cứ bằng hình thức nào.

Lẳng lặng mà xem nó đua nhau
Đua nhau qua My làm job nail
Phen này Ông quyết không lấy vợ
Lưng còng, phổi nám, lọ phải cầu
Lẳng lặng mà nghe nó khoe nhau
Đứa thì B.S., đứa Master
Phen này Ông quyết đi buôn Giấy
Bằng cao, mà jobless, giử làm gì
Cheers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Được summa_cum_laude sửa chữa / chuyển vào 02:56 ngày 20/05/2005
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Được analyst sửa chữa / chuyển vào 06:23 ngày 27/05/2005

"Chắc toàn"??????. Câu nói này của BG20 vừa mang tính phỏng đoán, vừa mang tính overgeneralizing. Theo những tài liệu mà TB được đọc và học thì cộng đồng người Việt Nam ở Mỹ là một trong những minorties thành công nhất mặc dù họ đặt chân lên nước Mỹ chưa lâu. Còn nghề làm nail cũng không có gì xấu cả. Nhớ lúc TB đến đại sứ quán Mỹ làm Visa, có gặp một em gái nhỏ này. Ấn tượng về một cô bé gái gày nhom, đen, tóc vàng hoe nhưng nụ cười rất tươi ríu rít hỏi TB về nước Mỹ......
Bà cô bé đi cùng kể với TB rằng mẹ nó làm nail ở Mỹ gần 7 năm rồi, giờ bảo lãnh cho nó sang cùng.TB hỏi ở tiểu bang nào, bà cũng chỉ biết nói ngọng ngiụ, nhưng TB biết đó là Texas. Đến bây giờ TB vẫn mong được gặp lại em một lần,người em gái nhỏ được hưởng một cuộc sống mới sung sướng hơn, gần bên mẹ, một người Việt Nam đã sống được trên đất Mỹ chỉ với nghề làm nail........

Babygirl20 là học sinh qua du học thì phải! Có thể bạn đã có cuộc sống sung túc được đi du học này nọ nên không biết 1 vài điều!
Bạn đã sống ở Mỹ bạn hiểu được cuộc sống vật chất ở đây như thế nào, với thế hệ V1 họ sang được nước Mỹ cũng là lúc họ bắt đầu về chiều. Tìm kiếm 1 công ăn việc làm vừa sức không dễ dàng gì lắm. Thể chất của người Việt Nam không phải ai cũng có thể bán sức lao động trong các hãng xưởng của Mỹ. Học thì liệu họ làm được chăng? Vậy làm gì để nuôi gia đình, nuôi những bác sĩ, luật sư, kĩ sư của ngày hôm nay và ngày mai đây! Có thể họ biết nó có hại cho sức khỏe nhưng không làm nó thì lấy gì trả hàng trăm thứ chi tiêu đây!
Mong bạn xem xét lại lời nói của mình!

Your saying just shows what kind of a person you are. What a pity on you.....